Landscapes Through the Lens

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This volume presents the rich, but under-utilised, archives of aerial imagery for the exploration and management of cultural heritage and historic environment. A remarkable resource for archaeologists and all with an interest in landscapes, traditional aerial photographs and satellite images spanning the second half of the 20th century, it provides an unrivalled means of documenting and understanding change and informing the study of the past. Case studies, written by experts in their fields, illustrate the applications of this imagery across a wide range of heritage issues, from prehistoric cultivation and settlement patterns, to the impact of recent landscape change. Contemporary environmental and land use issues are also dealt with, in a volume that will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, geographers and those in related disciplines. The Aerial Archaeology Research Group is an international forum for all involved in aerial photography, space and airborne remote sensing, photo interpretation and mapping, archive research, field archaeology and landscape history. AARG hosts an annual conference, together with workshops, seminars and day schools, and publishes a biannual newsletter.The northern and central shingle banks are almost identical on both dates,
except for some consolidation to repair a ... Changes are most apparent in the
northem part of the study area (that has been artificially embanked throughout the
... By 2007, the NMR allowed visitors to photograph their archival photographs
and this was done for all potentially-useful photos using a Canon PowerShot
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Landscapes Through the Lens

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David Cowley, Robin A. Standring, Matthew J. Abicht

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Oxbow Books Limited - 2010

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